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A Vision of Judgement
H. G. Wells · 1899short story
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Written in the late 19th century by H. G. Wells and first published in The Butterfly, and collected in The Obliterated Man and Other Stories, "A Vision of Judgment" is a short story in 9 sections. It portrays a Last Judgment in which God and the archangel Gabriel laugh at sinners and saints alike, embarrassing them until they flee "up the sleeve of God." After every human soul has taken shelter there, all of humanity, "enlightened" and "in new clean bodies," is given a second chance. God shakes them—or rather us—"out of his sleeve upon the planet he had given us to live upon, the planet that whirled about green Sirius for a sun," saying "now that you understand me and each other a little better. . . . try again."
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- contained in H. G. Wells: Tales of the Weird and Supernaturalcollection
- contained in In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Storiesomnibus
- contained in Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Critical Text of the 1936 New York First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendicescollection
- contained in Selected Stories of H. G. Wellscollection
- contained in Short Storiescollection
- contained in Tales of Wondercollection
- contained in The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells (expanded)collection
- contained in The Country of the Blind and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Country of the Blind and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Crystal Egg and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wellscollection
- contained in The Man Who Could Work Miraclescollection
- contained in The Obliterated Man and Other Storiescollection
- contained in The Short Stories of H. G. Wellscollection
- contained in The Short Stories of H. G. Wellscollection
- contained in The Time Machine and Other Storiescollection